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Butterfly

Butterfly

Origin: Perh. From the colour of a yellow species. As. Buter-flege, buttor-fleoge; cf. G. Butterfliege, D. Botervlieg. See butter, and fly.

(Science: zoology) a general name for the numerous species of diurnal lepidoptera.

See: Illust. Under Aphrodite] asclepias butterfly. See asclepias. Butterfly fish, a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape.


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Re: A question from Cloning

... in the nucleus of a frog's standard cell? Any idea in which cell part that info is available? Also if the same cloning technique is applied to a butterfly does it mean that the cloned product will not proceed beyond larval stage? Regards, Koyal

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Re: What on earth is this thing?

It's hard to tell unless you look very closely, but it is actually some type of butterfly or moth (pretty sure it's a moth). It looks like you caught it just after it emerged from its cocoon, so its wings are not fully expanded yet. I'm not sure exactly which species, ...

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Re: lifecycle of butterfly

please look book of class seven

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by bhawana
Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:10 am
 
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lifecycle of butterfly

can anybody help me to solve the lifecycle of butterfly

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by bhawana
Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:08 am
 
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I think it is the sphenoid bone as it has wings .sometimes we discribe it as butterfly-shaped I think it is more helpful to assist a person in doing their work than to just answer the question for them. For example: I provided hints that should have led the person ...

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